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The Geological Alaguaine Advertiser. 
FOR SALE.—PROFESSOR TENNANT’S Private Collection of Fossils, illustrative of the 
British Fossiliferous Deposits, the whole being stratigraphically arranged in a Cabinet with Sixty 
Drawers, and consisting of more than 2800 species, viz :— 
Pertlaryy sida tececsedspecsss 496 
Secondary ... 1610 ) 2882 Species, 
Paleozoic ......00 decceeac 776 
and comprising upwards of 8000 specimens. 
The Collection was originally arranged and named by the late Dr, S. P, Woopwarn, F.G.S., who 
also prepared a printed Catalogue of it, and many of the Specimens are figured in his ‘‘ Manual of 
Recent and Fossil Shells,’’ and in other scientific works. A large number of additions have recently 
been made to the Collection, and an Illustrated Catalogue prepared by Mr. William Davies, F.G.S., 
of the British Museum. 
Mr. Tennant had this Collection arranged to illustrate his Lectures on Geology and Paleontology 
at King’s College. On receiving the appointment of Keeper of the extensive collection of Minerals 
belonging to the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, he resigned the Geological chair, which he held from 
1853 to 1869. Heretains the appointment, received in 1838, of Teacher of Geological Mineralogy. 
Two courses of Lectures are given, one on Saturday Mornings from 10.20 to 11.20, the other on 
Thursday Evenings from 8 to 9; the Lectures begin early in October and terminate at Easter. 
II.—A Collection of about 2000 MINERALS and ROCKS, with Models of Crystals, Diagrams, etc., 
in a painted deal Cabinet with 55 drawers, and glass case on top, 9 ft, 5 in. long, 8 ft. 2 in. high, and 
21 in. from back to front, removed from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. This Collection, 
with the Collection of Fossils above, are well adapted for illustrating fifty or sixty Lectures on 
MINERALOGY, GEOLOGY, and PALZONTOLOGY, at a first-class Educational Establishment, 
or would form an instructive Geological Museum for a gentleman. Price, for the two collections, 
£2000. 
III._TWO CABINETS, each containing 30 drawers, with 2500 Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils. 
Price, One Thousand Guineas, 
IV.—FIRST-CLASS GEOLOGICAL COLLECTION in TWO CABINETS, each measuring 9 ft. 
3 in. long, 2 ft. 4 in. wide, and 3 ft, 10 in. high; each containing 45 drawers, with a glass case 
on the top of each cabinet, 4 ft. 11 in, high and 15 in.,from back to front. One Cabinet is filled with 
2600 Minerals and Rocks, the other with 8400 Fossils, British and Foreign, stratigraphically 
arranged, 
The Collection is carefully named, and consists of 6000 specimens, many very choice, and selected 
principally from the Duke of Buckingham’s (Stowe sale), Marchioness of Hastings, Sir John St. 
Aubyn’s, Drs. Buckland, Bowerbank, Mantell, and other celebrated collections. The first Gold 
Nugget ceeetvad from Australia, and a Gold Nugget from Ashantee, weight 5 oz., are in the collection ; 
also a fine series of Diamonds, illustrating crystalline form and colour, from India, Brazil, South 
Africa, and Australia. 
Any person wishing to become practically acquainted with the interesting and important study of 
Mineralogy and Geology will find this a good opportunity to obtain an instructive and valuable 
Geological Museum, scientifically arranged, the specimens having been collected with care and at 
great expense during the last 40 years.’ Price Five Thousand Guineas. 
V.—MAHOGANY CABINET with 26 drawers, containing upwards of 1000 specimens of Minerals, 
Rocks, and Fossils. Price 150 guineas. 
VI.—Collection of RECENT SHELLS, MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, in a large and 
well-made Cabinet of 108 Drawers, with Glass Bookease on the top. ‘The Cabinet was the property 
of the late Mrs. Mawe, and contains her private collection of Recent Shells and Minerals. 
Amongst the latter are some Crystals of Gold figured in Mawe’s “ Travels in Brazil,” and supposed 
to be unique, The Bookcase contains many of the recent works on Geology by Buckland, Lyell, 
Mantell, Murchison, Owen, Phillips, and others, and 30 Volumes of the publications of the 
Paleontographical Society, ete, 
VII.—Mr. Tennant is commissioned to sell a Collection of MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, 
together with some works on Geology, etc., by the best Authors, the property of J. Gilby, Esq., 
Newbegin House, Beverley, Yorkshire, where they may be seen, Price of the whole £150. 
VI.—SOPWITH’S GEOLOGICAL MODELS in Wood, four inches square, accompanied with 
Letterpress Description (this can be had separately, price 2s.) :—No. 1. Stratified Rocks and Valley 
of Denudation; No. 2. Dislocation of Strata; No. 3. Surface Indications of Coal; No. 4, Over- 
cutting of Strata; No. 5. Undercutting of Strata; No, 6. Intersection of Mineral Veins. £3 3s, 
The same Models eight inches square, £9, 
JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her Majesty and the Baroness 
Burdett-Coutts, 149 Strand, London, W.C. [Nov. 1880. 
